Film forming apparatus and a barrier film producing method

Abstract

A film forming apparatus is used in a semiconductor manufacturing process and a method for producing a barrier film is used for a semiconductor. When a metallic gas and a reactive gas are alternatively flown, a back-flow preventing gas and an auxiliary gas are flown, the reactive gas and the auxiliary gas are moved with the flow of the back-flow preventing gas, and radicals are produced by being in contact with them to a catalytic material. Since the metallic material gas is not in contact with the catalytic material, the catalytic material is not degraded. A shower plate may be disposed between a radical producing chamber and a reaction chamber, so that the radicals are fed into the reaction chamber through holes. Thus, a barrier film having low resistance and excellent coverage is formed.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a division of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12 / 251,793, filed Oct. 15, 2008, which application is a continuation of International Application No. PCT / JP2007 / 058311 filed Apr. 17, 2007, which claims priority of Japanese Patent Document No. 2006-114789, filed on Apr. 18, 2006, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND[0002]The present invention generally relates to a film forming apparatus for use in a semiconductor-producing process and a method for producing a barrier film to be used in a semiconductor.[0003]In the process for producing Cu wirings to be used in semiconductor devices, the film forming temperature is limited to 300 degree Celsius or less. This is the reason why when the film forming temperature is not less than 300 degrees Celsius, a phenomenon so-called stress migration (SM) occurs to the Cu wiring so that the reliability of the Cu wirings is conspicuously deteriorated.[0004]In a conv...

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Benefits of technology

The present invention provides a technique for forming a barrier film with low resistance and excellent coverage performance using a vacuum chamber, a stage, a catalytic material, a catalytic material heating device, a metallic material gas-feeding system, an auxiliary gas-feeding system, a shower plate, a radical-producing chamber, a reaction chamber, an introducing opening for introducing a gas of metallic material containing a metallic element in the chemical formula, an introducing opening for introducing a reactive gas, a back-flow preventing gas, and an auxiliary gas-feeding system. The invention also provides a method for producing a barrier film by introducing a metallic material gas and a reactive gas into a vacuum chamber, and a method for producing an intermediate product by reacting the metallic material gas with a reactive gas and then reacting the intermediate product with a reactive gas to produce a metallic compound. The invention also provides a method for introducing an auxiliary gas and a shower plate into a vacuum chamber to produce a radical-producing chamber and a reaction chamber. The invention provides a technique for forming a barrier film with low resistance and excellent coverage performance.

Problems solved by technology

This is the reason why when the film forming temperature is not less than 300 degrees Celsius, a phenomenon so-called stress migration (SM) occurs to the Cu wiring so that the reliability of the Cu wirings is conspicuously deteriorated.

However, since the barrier metal obtained by this method includes many impurities (such as, C and O), only film having high specific resistance (a few hundred to several thousand μΩ cm) can be obtained.

Further, since many impurities are contained, there is a problem in that adhesion between the barrier film and a Cu film as an upper layer is low.

When the adhesion is low in a Cu process, the film is peeled in a CMP step, thereby resulting in a fatal defect.

However, there is a problem in that the gases of the inorganic metallic materials have high pyrolysis temperatures of 400 degrees Celsius or more.

Such barrier film has poor coverage.

However, although the above reactions occur at 400 degrees Celsius or more, the reaction does not almost proceed at 300 degrees Celsius or less.

However, there is a problem in that a reaction product is deposited on a surface of a catalytic material, and the catalytic material must be frequently cleaned.

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